R-Truth recalls returning to WWE after being originally released by the promotion.
In August of 2001, Truth was released from WWE after competing in the promotion for several years as K-Kwik, originally debuting for WWE in 1999. Following his release, Truth would compete in NWA and TNA before eventually re-signing with WWE in 2008 as R-Truth.
While speaking to Insight With Chris Van Vliet, Truth recalled how Umaga and Randy Orton would come to his house in 2008 to convince him to 'pick himself up' and would lead to him returning to WWE within 2 weeks of their vist.
"Umaga and Randy Orton. I was working for Rikishi. Rikishi had a thing going on. I've been around Samoans for years. I was home, and WWE had an event Umaga and Randy Orton came by my house to see me. Yeah, rest in peace. He was like, hey, what are you doing? I'm like, man, just hanging. He's like, bro come back. Pick yourself up, come back to the company, they've been talking about you. I'm gonna bring your name up. Take care of your family, you are supposed to be there, bro, come on back. And I’ll be damned, within a week I called, and I was signed a week after that. And that's when 2011 R-Truth came back."
Truth would return to WWE programming onthe August 29th, 2008 edition of WWE Friday Night SmackDown, defeating Kenny Dykstra.
Elsewhere in the same interview, R-Truth would speak about John Cena's heel turn, remarking that there is 'two sides to every story'. You can read more about that here.
